It occurred to me that I consistently decline joining Pinoy orgs here – and abroad. I have a broad range of reasons for doing so. I’ve always had an independent streak. And within the context of a tsismoso, pakialamero, usyosero, inggitero (as in get a life!) culture – you might as well say am not keen on being around the plain jane garden variety pinoys. And it’s not for lack of trying. I try to be as cordial and civil as can be – to the point of pandering even.
But as the laws of probability will have it – there will always be a fliptard somewhere. The probability, incidence, and distribution of proud fliptards increases directly – as the number of pinoys increase. And when you get into Filipino associations the incidence of fliptards rises exponentially.
AVOID PINOY PARTIES AND ASSOCIATIONS LIKE THE PLAGUE - YOU WILL BE BORED TO DEATH WITH SPEECHES.
By the time the gathering is in full swing – I will have learned that:
MOST Pinoy organizations have NO sense of purpose
I know the organization has a name but does its name match its purpose and its actions? It could be a professional association, a regional association, a business association, a social club. Don’t be fooled by the names – these are just incidental. You might as well have signed up for the girl scouts or the boy scouts – they have more fun activities.
There’s no strategic plan; There’s no calendar of events; There’s no sense of direction – very like THE Philippines – adrift nowhere.
Clearly we are on VERY different pages
I prefer the lean and mean approach – whether its life, work, or what not. You know, adopt the Pareto principle, focus on those with the most wins – the things that matter. Most flip scenes I have scoped are chop suey approach. They want to be everything to the world. This ends up in an organizations being pulled everywhere except the desired destination.
Also most flips I have encountered in these Pinoy gatherings talk mainly showbiz. Thus when there’s someone who has a more diverse range of interests – music, arts, economy, history, politics, business, science, and sex – I stick around, otherwise, I sneak out and head home or the nearest watering hole and have a party for two.
Different Choice of Activities
- It’s all socials – aka.. the “junk food”.
- They like line dancing – I DON’T – I prefer FREE STYLE.
- Or, if it’s not line dancing – then there’s too much ballroom dancing – makes me smell like mothballs. I tend to mix it up… rock and roll, reggae, techno, hip hop.
- Then there’s the Karaoke intermissions and my ears are ringing from all the offtune rendering of MY WAY.
- Most like to sit and watch – I’d rather have carpet burns on my knees 
Different Choice of Music
- I can’t stand OPM – i find it too cheesy, tacky, tired, and shallow
- I can’t say this enough – I mix it up… rock and roll, reggae, techno, hip hop, smooth jazz, new age, 80s
Different Generations
Older Pinoys tend to gravitate to associations, and they stick like rice.
I am from a self-reliant survivalist generation – I don’t take orders from anyone who does not pay my bills
After a long day at work – I like to rest and recharge and enjoy my “me” time.
Being around fliptards isn’t exactly my idea of rest and relaxation. Nor do I intend to create a situation where I increase the probability of meeting more fliptards and increase my amusement at their expense- if it were so, I wouldn’t have left da Pinas.
No love lost for Fliptard “heritage” or the “Proud Pinoy” way.
Then there’s the party where these tards wear the shirts with the Philippine map and the latest “proud pinoy” design. He might as well be wearing a t-shirt for the Special Olympics.
But once in awhile I do get the chance to meet a few Pinoys who are on the same page as I am – and we don’t have to be members of any association to have fun and achieve stuff – it’s light and fun. – and most of all – NO FLIPTARDS.. and NO LONG-WINDED SPEECHES.
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RACIST at inggit ka lang! Tang ina u. Im proud to be pinoy no matter what
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Auriga Reply:
October 13th, 2011 at 10:08 pm
You’re proud of I Love You? The Quirino Grandstand hostage massacre? You’re proud of millions of unemployed Filipinos? How about the substandard quality of living the majority of our countrymen have to endure?
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DaidoKatsumi Reply:
October 13th, 2011 at 10:09 pm
Being proud is NOT by accident of birth. It’s what you ACHIEVE.
BTW, you can’t be proud of what you didn’t achieve, idiot. You were born a filipino, much like I was. Hence we both cannot take ‘pride’ in something we were put into.
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jrock* Reply:
October 15th, 2011 at 12:01 am
really? that quick to throw the “racist” comment? careful, your insecurities are showing.
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nada Reply:
October 15th, 2011 at 7:57 am
Do you even you know what racism really means douchebag?
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the realist Reply:
October 17th, 2011 at 9:10 pm
haha. filipinos are the most racist assholes this side of asia. quick to trash the chinese and indians. quick to stereotype each race. but when somebody points out their flaws…
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Jay Reply:
October 20th, 2011 at 3:19 am
Its pinoys thinking they know what it is to be ‘Pinoy’. They take what the media will give them in terms of defining the people when the definition is what you can see everyday out in the streets.
Kanto Reply:
October 22nd, 2011 at 4:19 am
Proud ka rin sa mga pinoy na tatay na ni-rape ang kanilang mga musmos na anak?
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Vincenzo Sotto Reply:
October 22nd, 2011 at 4:41 am
Vincenzo sabi mo:
“RACIST at inggit ka lang! Tang ina u. Im proud to be pinoy n matter what.”
Sa bilis ng dila mo, di ko alam na karakter pala ng pinoy ang ituring ” puXX ” ang mga ina nila?
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Kapag nagsalita ka, para bang napakahabulin ka ng mga grupong linalapastangan mo ah. Kung alam ko lang, sourgrapes ka lang kasi tinaggihan ka kahit ng mga alumni ng asylum sa mandaluyong. Halata naman eh, saan ba naman galing ang lahat ng oras mong maaksaya sa pagsulat ng 300+ na walang kwentang artikulo sa blog na ito?
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Vincenzo B. Arellano Reply:
October 14th, 2011 at 12:03 am
Ayan yung napalayas na squatter samin dati e
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DaidoKatsumi Reply:
October 14th, 2011 at 2:49 am
Basahin mo ang article. You have no idea how rotten our society is. Victim mentality at its finest
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HHolland Reply:
October 14th, 2011 at 12:40 pm
Am i the only one that thinks he uses the word “sourgrapes/sourgraping” so damn much?redundant…redundant…redundant…like majority of filipinos…walang originality…like majority of filipino artists—puro revival…lol!
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BongV Reply:
October 14th, 2011 at 12:43 pm
OPM music is usually.. naiwanan ng BF/GF…
iniwanan kasi… clingy at high-maintenance – squatter mentality in a black dress
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Jay Reply:
October 20th, 2011 at 3:20 am
Because they forgot to consult the thesaurus, as opposed to a dictionary since they were intimidated by a book that contained more words than the other.
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BongV Reply:
October 14th, 2011 at 4:17 pm
300+ blogs…
imagine the time you spent on WOWOWEE
during the time those blogs were written
– and where you are NOW – with WOWOWEE
***
some folks take a year to write a paragraph or two..
and some just need an hour or less
there’s a whole lotta Pinoy dysfunction to write about
that’s assuming you ain’t a couch potato ABS-CBN zombietard
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Hay nako, butt hurt na naman ang mga flips
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G. T. Reply:
October 21st, 2011 at 9:18 am
ikr
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Ang Quirino hostage ay kasalanan ni Mendoza, ang pangit na pamumuhay sa Pilipinas ay kasalanan ni Gloria. Maraming talented na Pinoy around the world kaya Im proud
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DaidoKatsumi Reply:
October 14th, 2011 at 2:48 am
Ayan ka nanaman sa mga palusot mo, Vincenzo. Tulad ng sinabi ko, if we keep on in this state of denial, we will always fall into Rasputins and false messiahs, which you always do.
Blaming Rolando Mendoza for the hostage crisis is plainly idiotic. May source ka ba? I have to agree on this: “Hanggat hindi matutong tumaggap ng responsibilidad, hinding hindi tayo matututo harapin ang atin mga sarili.” Tipong tao na hindi naniniwala sa responsibilidad ng iba. Dahil doon, ganon din ang presidente at ang gobyerno nyang ginawa na binoto ng mga katulad mo. Astig ‘no?
Sorry, but true pride comes from critical thinking and progress. Maraming talented na Pinoy around the world? Ano ka hilo? Please, don’t cling on Pacquiao, Charice, Arnel and others whose achievements are INDIVIDUAL.
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tehot Reply:
October 14th, 2011 at 7:09 pm
@daido based on vincenzo’s posts one can see that his mental capacity won’t be able to comprehend what you are saying. it is better to ignore him.
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nada Reply:
October 15th, 2011 at 8:02 am
“Hanggat hindi matutong tumaggap ng responsibilidad, hinding hindi tayo matututo harapin ang atin mga sarili.”
Hey is that from Word of the Lourd’s “Ngayon Magsisihan Tayo”?
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DaidoKatsumi Reply:
October 16th, 2011 at 3:16 am
Yep.
BTW, mas maganda manood ng “Word of the Lourd” kesa sa mga balita kumpara sa ABS-CBN at GMA-7.
Dark Passenger Reply:
October 16th, 2011 at 9:48 pm
He’s right, you know. Madaming talented na Pinoy sa mundo. Check this out:
“New Bourne movie has Pinoys in NY as extras”:
http://www.philstar.com/funfare/article.aspx?articleid=737582&publicationsubcategoryid=70
Proud to be Pinoy!
LOL
I guess if they’re proud enough that Prince William’s yaya is a Pinay, then “movie extras” is something to be even more proud of.
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Jay Reply:
October 20th, 2011 at 3:22 am
proud to be butt whipers to famous people and nations! No, lets not look beyond the stars! The stars are where pinoys wants to be with! As long as they can get that BMW or Mercedes they always dreamed of that the stars are always riding in.
DaidoKatsumi Reply:
October 14th, 2011 at 2:51 am
Playing the blame game is for WIMPS.
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Auriga Reply:
October 14th, 2011 at 2:54 am
“Maraming talented na Pinoy around the world kaya Im proud”
Wawa naman u. You need others to feel good about yourself.
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RETURNOFTHECOMEBACK Reply:
October 14th, 2011 at 8:21 am
Mas kawawa ka(yo). Kailangan niyong manglait ng ibang tao para lang sumaya.
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Lightzout Reply:
October 14th, 2011 at 8:41 am
At bakit, kelangan mo palagi mga ibang tao para lang sumaya? May tawag dun, Pursuit of Happiness. Kung ano napapasaya sayo, dun ka, may kasama o wala, la tumitigil sa inyo.
BongV Reply:
October 14th, 2011 at 12:38 pm
talented to wipe ass and clean the floors
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nada Reply:
October 15th, 2011 at 8:04 am
The way you say that you’re proud of our talented Filipinos is like you’re using them for you to showoff even if you have done nothing but blind pride.
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jrock* Reply:
October 15th, 2011 at 7:35 pm
Get out of the Philippines sometime in your life and travel to any part of the world. You’ll see how insignificant this “Pinoy Pride” really is. It ain’t worth ****.
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so true.
they could win gold medal for boring at any olympics. p-noy as team coach
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BongV Reply:
October 14th, 2011 at 12:38 pm
mamamatay ka sa haba ng speech…
yung mga topic…. napakababaw… super..
5th graders make more sense
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Is it true that in foreign locations, there’s a group for every region, say an Ilocano Association, a Cebuano Association, etc., even if the membership would consist of only a dozen each group? Most likely, they won’t band together to form a big Pinoy Association? Heck, if one member doesn’t like the way things are going, he/she would split and create a SECOND regional group?
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BongV Reply:
October 14th, 2011 at 12:37 pm
@peste… VERY TRUE… in my neck of the woods alone.. there’s Ilocano Association, Bicolano Association, Visayas-Mindanao Association, Philippine Nurses Association, Filipino Pride Foundation, Council of Fil-Am Organizations, etc etc…
same people, same faces, different associations… oftentimes you’ll have one person selling you tickets to three or four fundraisers. Told them once – why don’t you have something like the United Way – have one big fundraiser, have a bigger audience, and split the proceeds. oh well – it was like talking to deer that’s staring at headlights.
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Dumdum Reply:
October 16th, 2011 at 9:12 pm
They’re probably too greedy to split the proceeds.
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seriously guys? why are you giving your attention to this Vincenzo B. Arellano when you can clearly see he’s just trolling? I can sense a lot that his posts are just flamebating at obviously not in touch with reality.
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Lightzout Reply:
October 14th, 2011 at 8:42 am
nah, it’s ok. New Readers could probably relate to this troll’s stupidity and how we defend our views and fight for our rights.
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@maritza
In china they have people referred to as members of the ‘fifty cent club’ or wumaodangs, who are paid very small amounts by the government to post pro government statements/responses on blog sites. Trolls is another related term
The copy cat culture here and the chinese connection is starting to create a suspiciously similar pattern on some sites – i will call them caradangs.
They are mostly readily identifiable since they dont tend to express opinion or debate but simply make slogan type statements repeatedly, and i suspect this will increase as the government struggles with one of their greatest fears – people having ready access to information and open discussion, and as such the web/blogs remain uncontrolled media and technology they dont understand.
The caradangs will make no difference to the demise of video gameboynoy
Power to the people
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RETURNOFTHECOMEBACK Reply:
October 14th, 2011 at 8:23 am
Kung ang mga Pulang Chekwa, bayaran, kami, libre, kasi naniniwala talaga kami sa presidente natin. Kagaya niyo, mga Arroyo/Marcos loyalista, ninakawan na nga ng limpak-limpak, napaka-pro-FM/GMA pa…
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Lightzout Reply:
October 14th, 2011 at 8:44 am
Hi, kapatid ba kayo ni Vincenzo? Magsama kayo. Kung pwede lang magpakasal ng bakla dito ng bakla dito sa Pinas, full support kami sa inyo.
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RETURNOFTHECOMEBACK Reply:
October 14th, 2011 at 10:00 am
Napaka – sexist na homophobic mo para gamitin ang pagiging bakla bilang isang un-PC na insulto. Akala ko ba naman napaka-”enlightened” kuno ng mga tao dito, hindi pala. Hah! Kasing barbaro lang kayo ng mga Pinoy na inaalispusta niyo.
Lightzout Reply:
October 14th, 2011 at 1:22 pm
Hahaha, butthurt much mr Troll? Or Mrs? Or genderless? Hahaha
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BongV Reply:
October 14th, 2011 at 4:38 pm
I don’t believe in Aquino.. nor do I believe in Marcos or Arroyo for that matter – they are all lapdogs of Lucio Tan, Cojuangco, Lopez, and Ayala.
Kayo nga etong pinagnakawan ng mga Aquino at mga Cojuangco.. at ng buong gobyerno..
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DaidoKatsumi Reply:
October 14th, 2011 at 5:30 pm
Umm… sensya na pero puro hearsay ang lahat sa iyo e. Sa totoo lang, you’re not really educated on the issue of politics.
Please, spare me the rhetorics .For someone so ‘intelligent’, your emo is showing full force.
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DaidoKatsumi Reply:
October 14th, 2011 at 5:48 pm
Mas barbaro ka because you keep on TROLLING without stating facts. Puro haka-haka lang. Tama na ang pagiging EMO dahil it proves that you’re anti-intellectual.
Naniniwala ka sa presidente nyo? Another Yellow Zombie detected. Teka, anong pagiging proud mo sa anim nyang taon sa senado kundi matulog lamang? Walang bill na ipasa kahit magsarili sya! At kahit anak ng ‘pinoy heroes’ KUNO na si Cory at Ninoy, walang ma iyayabang na social project.
Your spouting nonsense, man. Sa susunod gamitin ang UTAK.
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DaidoKatsumi Reply:
October 15th, 2011 at 5:54 am
At…. you’re always mouthing Marcos’ & Arroyo’s alleged corruption thingies while doesn’t want to talk about corruption during Cory’s rule and even Hacienda Luisita.
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I’d rather read Renato Pacifico’s rants in Pidgin English rather than the blinded Flipfaggot vision of Vicenzio Arellano. Wake up, Cory’s dead. Your posts cannot revive her from the dead.
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DaidoKatsumi Reply:
October 14th, 2011 at 5:51 pm
Renato Pacifico, although a troll, makes more sense than the Yellow Zombie Vincenzo.
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Oi putang ina ka? OPM cheezy? tarantado ka pala eh, sige dyan ka na sa justin bieber na favorite mo gago
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BongV Reply:
October 14th, 2011 at 12:32 pm
i don’t listen to justin beiber either… his beats are no different from cheesy OPM
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HHolland Reply:
October 14th, 2011 at 12:59 pm
yep..OPM’s are cheesy…a song that’s been sung probably 20 years ago has thousands of revivals…puro revival…katulad ng comments niyo nung best friend mong si Returnofthecomeback…redundant…overly played out…walang maisulat kundi puro mura…walang mailagay na substantial retort sa mga issues…standard PC answers..kaya bulok…
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HHolland Reply:
October 14th, 2011 at 1:07 pm
by “your” meaning Vincenzo…
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DaidoKatsumi Reply:
October 14th, 2011 at 5:41 pm
Mahilog ako sa OPM but it’s the late 80s and the 90s ang hilig ko.
OPM nowadays SUCKED.
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aone Reply:
October 15th, 2011 at 6:37 am
It’s mainstream OPM which sucked, especially those under Star/Viva Records. Only the independent scene is thriving.
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nada Reply:
October 15th, 2011 at 8:16 am
There you go again with your sharp tongue. We don’t like Justin Bieber either. Whether it’s OPM, Western or any music, I don’t like those with lame, nonsense lyrics. I still love those music from the 70′s, 80′s and 90′s. I only listen to this generation’s OPM if it’s an indie one because most of them are original and not a bunch of revivals. Btw Radioactive Sago Project for the win! Gusto ko ng baboy!
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DaidoKatsumi Reply:
October 16th, 2011 at 3:25 am
Yeba! Proud ako maging 90s kid because of most of Pinoy Rock (Eraserheads, Rivermaya, etc.) and even Radioactive Sago Project. Woah, those days.
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Anti-V Reply:
October 15th, 2011 at 7:40 pm
Justin Bieber?? Yak, baka ikaw Vincenzo ang nakikinig doon sa batang iyon. Aminin… closet fan ka naman niya eh, hahaha. Kunwari ka pa. Justin Bieber’s music is akin to cheezy OPM, their music is not music at all.
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WoW! Dati mga matitino ang mga taong nagbibigay ng komento sa AP, ngayon marami ng mga TROLLS! Isa lang ibig sabihin niyan, sumisikat na ang AP at marami ng tao ang nakakabasa at namumulat dito kung kayat ang mga Fliptards tulad ng mga ilan diyan ay todo trolling na =) Kudos to AP! =)
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HHolland Reply:
October 14th, 2011 at 1:03 pm
like they said…the more haters you have means you’re doing something right…
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I was never a member of any Filipino organization. I attended once a social event , When I was new in the U.S. I saw Filipino women , with large diamond earrings, diamond necklace pendants, and large diamond rings…some wore designer’s dresses. They talk about their big houses, and “businesses” . It’s “Pasikatan”. One asked me what I do for a living…I told him: ” I mopped floors.” That was the last time he talked to me…
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MikeZ Reply:
October 14th, 2011 at 10:23 pm
Same thing as High School reunions the ‘losers’ would be ignored and make them feel inferior but anyway, not all filipino organizations are bad. Some do charity work and create fund raising events.
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To all you trolls and fliptards…
Why don’t YOU ALL SHUT THE **** UP! Next time I see your goddamn ****in’ ****s here I will dump you with the rest of the garbage, you got that?
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ReturnOfTheComeback Reply:
October 15th, 2011 at 9:43 am
Hoy bata, bumalik ka na lang nga sa /B/ board ng 4chan…
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DaidoKatsumi Reply:
October 16th, 2011 at 3:27 am
Ikaw, bumalik ka na lang sa basement mo dahil puro nonsense ang mga sinasabi mo. Kahit 4channer ako, hindi naman ako bobo tulad mo, e.
BTW, saan ang source? Kung tiwala ka lang sa Yellow Propaganda, wala kang maibabato sa katotohanan.
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ReturnOfTheComeback Reply:
October 17th, 2011 at 1:30 am
To those who believe, no proof is necessary. To those who don’t believe, no proof is sufficient. At kung bobo ako, retard ka nye nye nye
DaidoKatsumi Reply:
October 17th, 2011 at 3:08 am
I think you’re more retarded since your purpose is to troll on everyone. So childish post is childish. XD
At bakit ako maniniwala sa sinasabi ng media o sa Yellow Propaganda mo? Please state FACTS for once and not conspiracy theories and crap. Retard ka pala e.
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Ayoko sa Pinoy Organization. Puro line dancing, karaoke at pagmamalaki ng anak na NARS lang ang nandun.
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@bongv
50 year anniversary of satirical magazine Private Eye.
as the founder said ‘ dont discriminate – treat all equally badly’
Malacanan said it is up to arroyo if she stays in exile when she travels abroad at the end of this month.
How laid back, how revealing, and how accomodating all of a sudden – no drive for justice simply a desire to get the arroyos out of the way. Hence the increasing pressure of government statements , including p-noy himself ‘charges in november’, ‘jail by christmas’
‘Ombudsman review within 7 days re pnp helicopter scam’.
Also revealing is the fact that gma has been given permission to travel ( along with the FG) to germany, switzerland ( pass go and collect 200million dollars) and US , complete with diplomatic passports – which certainly FG should not have – just as charges are supposedly going to be brought, and if filed, they will be when she is abroad, just to add to the pressure to remain in exile.
Smell a rat?
So it begs the question – why?
I wish i knew, but i have a theory, and at the heart of it is the shadowy machiavellian cojuangco who is a supreme opportunist and driven by power and greed to such an extent that he would sell his grandmother to necrophiliacs if it was beneficial – remember what happened to ninoy on the tarmac, and that was family!
The goal was always to have economic control of pampanga and that would be impossible with the arroyos around.
Cojuangco has bought clark airport.
P-noy wants clark to be the new hub for philippines!
Cojuangco has bought airline
P-noy is not having open skies policy!
Cojuangco has bought tourist resort in subic
p-noy is luring korean and chinese investment to tarlac and subic
cojuangco is buying plantations – for residential and industrial development
no chance of losing hacienda luisita or carp implementation
p-noy is supporting fast rail link to clark , and next ? extension to subic and tarlac
pampanga is the economic jewel in the crown and clark is critical to a new cojuangco kingdom.
monopoly businesses with no competition.
p-noy was the simple hinest front man and the next 5 years will cement a dynasty which will go unchallenged.
cojuangco/aquino governors in tarlac and ? pampanga. game, set and match.
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Hyden Toro Reply:
October 15th, 2011 at 12:40 pm
All good things end….look at History…the Caesars who ruled Rome, were thrown out of power. As other dynasties. Time change. People change. Circumstances change. Situation change. Look at the power changes from: French Revolution, Russian revolution, Chinese Revolution, etc…people can have their patience snapped…”Those who forget the past, are condemned to repeat it.”…warned the historian/philosopher: George Santayana…
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Dumdum Reply:
October 16th, 2011 at 9:19 pm
Well, I certainly won’t see the oligarchy end in my lifetime. Just seeing how Filipinos recycle tired, useless, selfish politicians to elected posts is enough proof for me.
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parang lenggwahe lang yan. I love my native language. But why limit oneself on tagalog? Bwahahaha.
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These “Vincenzo B. Arellano” and “RETURNOFTHECOMEBACK” characters have extreme Diarrhea of the Mouse.
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Well that’s why I enjoy spending my time to other ethnicity. i will learn new things from them. At least for once in a while we discuss about science, technology, innovations, etc. not just listening to other people’s lives, showbiz, yadadadada
tapos you will hear most fellow filipinos, pataasan ng ihi lalo na dito sa US. “anak ko nurse, anak ko [insert a high ranked US military personnel]” hayyy…always money money yeah yeah…YEAH RIGHT!? I have this i have that. nagsisiasawa ng mga DOMs para gatasan at pakainin nila yung angkan nilang tamad at laging umaasa sau. pagod ka pa, abusado ka pa! WTF! Holy Shape Shift Sh*t!
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Anti-V Reply:
October 15th, 2011 at 7:45 pm
Well, seems like it’s the same with some other ethnicities that I hear from people here in SG. Bragging their kids in NY and doing something enjoyable, blah, blah, blah who cares. Pero yes, kakaiba talaga ang mga Pinoy sa pag-brag ng mga anak. I don’t listen really and really I don’t care. Nowadays, people brag their “manok” or anak about achievements of which are not really world changing and beneficial in the long run. Pulos “cream” lang sa labas, walang substance ang cake sa loob.
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Dumdum Reply:
October 16th, 2011 at 9:22 pm
I agree. Prostituting one’s self to DOMs is not just a Filipino thing. There are many locals here in SG that also do that.
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Reading this article is like reading my own mind. Thanks for making me feel a little normal.
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Glad to know that I’m not the only one who feels this way. Thanks!
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I’d like to share my Pinoy org story, but this was during my university years in a University in Boston. I sought out the Pinoy org there, a guy who is actually born in the Philippines and knew about the culture a bit as a kid but had forgotten it as I grew older. Its made up of young people like me who knew less about the country than I did and more on what they saw in periodicals or what their mothers/fathers taught them what pinoy culture is like. So pretty much Fil-Ams are misunderstood or only understood about the country on the surface. Ultimately I left since I thought it would help me understand more about the country, but that wouldn’t happen until I came back to the Philippines in 2005 where I was once again, re-educated about the realities of the country.
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LIVE abroad for long uninterrupted period and immerse in the ways of the the adopted land. The objective is not to turn out a clone but to profit the fresh start the new environment affords.
Mingling with 1st generation filipinos abroad simply does not cut, it only results in morphing. It sounds harsh but ugly truth it is.
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I read the entire article and I totally agree with you. I’m just glad that there are some Filipinos who’re not like the mindless sheep you see around these parts nowadays. I do find associations and clubs, boring and a pain. My parents received invitations to join some some of those groups, but they declined. It ain’t their cup of tea. Wala naman din mangyayari sayo.
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